Folding chair



May 28, 1929. CLARK 1,715,118

FOLDING CHAIR Filed July 24, 1926 IN VEN TOR.

Patented May 28, 1929.

UNIT ra s ALBERT B. CLARK, or nEAnsBono, VERMONT, Assrenoia 'ronnansiaonoox-mrn 7 COMPANY, or REAnsBono, VERMONT, A oonronArron OF-VERMONT. v

FOLDING oH In.

This invention relates to an improved construction of foldingzchair,more particularly of the type having a foot rest attached to the forwardedge of its seat portion; and the object of this invention is to providea construction by which the foot rest may be pivotally attached to theseat portion in such a manner as to prevent the same from being easilybroken. I I

A further object of the invention" is to extend the side rails of theseat portion of the chair and topivot the foot rest to the extendingportion of these side rails to enable the same to have a greater swingrelative to the seat portion and'to provide a stronger pivot or hingeconstruction and one less liable to be broken. 7

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a socalled steamer chair with thefoot-rest portion attached thereto and in extended position.

Figure 2 is a View partly in section show- I ing the foot rest memberpivotally connected to the seat portion of the chair.

Figure 3 is a sectional detail side elevation showing the relation ofthe extended side rail of the seat and a portion of the foot rest inextended or working position.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing a portion of thefoot restfolded beneath the seat.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figures 3 and 4: illustrating the footrest as being swung in the opposite direction and as being raised at anangle to the seat. I

Figure 6 is a detail in section showing a slight modification in whichthepivot pin, which connects the foot rest to the seat portion, extendscomplete through the meet ing cross bar of the foot rest.

It has been customary in attaching a foot rest to the front edge of theseat of a folding chair, to use metal hinges by which construction thefoot rest could be folded under hinges due to the long leverage of therest that would in time'result in tearing the 192s, seal to. 124,638.

hinges from. position. Such a strain is frequently caused bypersonsfunaccustomed to the use of the chair in attempting to foldthesame. y

In order to obviate this diflicultyand pro vide a strong and durableconstruction that cannot be broken by swinging the rest upward, I haveextendedthe side rail portions" of the seat beyond the front'cross baror edge thereof and have pivoted the foot rest" to these extendedportions by Which construction the foot rest maybe freelyrai'sed. to avertical position or even further back relative to the seat withoutinjury to the pivotal connection; and the following is a detaileddescription of the present emb'odi ment of my invention and showing onemeans by which these advantageous results may be. accomplished Withreference to the drawings, 10 desig nates the. seat portion of. afolding chair,

' which rails extend beyond the front edge of the cross bar 18 of theseat.

The foot rest 19 is formed of a suitable frame having side bars 20, endbars 21 and 22 and intermediate slats 23 and is supported at one end bymeans of legs'24, while at its opposite end the bar 21 is provided withsuitable pivot pins or trunnions 25 the ends of which extend intoopenings 26 in: the extend: ing end portions of the rails 15 topivotally; mount the foot rest with relation to the seat. This foot restmay be freely swung back and which is provided with the usual back restj r 11 and legs 12, 13 and 1d. The backlegs 14 i i folded beneath theseat, as illustrated in" Figure 4, or it may be freely swung through anarcof substantially 270 to the raised position illustrated in Figure 5,without fear i of injury, in which position it will be noted that thecross bar 18 forms a strong and rigid stop limiting further movement ofthe rest in this position.

By this construction I am enabled to use a large and durable pivot pinof sufficient size I to resist unusual strains to which it maybesubjected and a construction is presented by which a raising of the footrest relative to the seat portion is permitted and no undue I strain oneither the pin or the rails is caused.

I have illustrated in Figure 6 a single trunnion 27 extending throughthe bar 21 3 instead ofa pair of trunnions, as illustrated v tion may bemade;

The foregoing description is V directed solely towards the constructionillustrated,

but I desire it to beunderstood that I reserve the privilege ofresorting to all the mechani cal changes to which the device issusceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the termsof the appended claims.

'I claim: a I a 1. In a folding chair, a seat having side rails withconnecting cross bars for supporting spaced slats the front cross barbeing positioned a short distance from the ends of the rails, a footrest having a frame with spaced slats supported therein and of a widthto fit between the ends of said rails projecting beyond said front crossbar, pivoting means for connecting said frame to the projecting ends ofsaid side rails, said pivotal means being located to permitsaidfoo-t'rest and seat tobe folded intosubstantial parallelism in onedirection, said front cross bar being disposed to lie above saidpivoting meansfor providing'an elongated stop adj acent the point ofpivoting to arrest the relative swinging of said footrest and seat inthe other direction.

2. In a folding chair, a seat having side rails, front and back crossbars connecting said side rails, the front cross bar being positioned ashort distance from the ends of said rail leaving said rails projectingthere beyond, a foot rest having spaced end bars rigidly connectedtogether, one of said end bars being positioned between said projectingrail ends and of a size. to substantially fill the space there between,pivotal connect ingmeans extending into said projections and also intosaid end bar therebe'tween to swingingly connect said seat and foot resttogether.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ALBERT CLARK. 1

